Apr 15, 2021 – Over the last couple of years, pro freedom patriots have been taking a page right out of the book of progressive politics.  With "sanctuary cities" for illegal immigrants and other state level laws that buck the Federal law (marijuana legalization), the civil rights minded have introduced Second Amendment sanctuaries.  The...

Apr 14, 2021 – The extreme risk protective orders (ERPOs), aka "red flag" laws, becoming more prevalent is part of a growing and troubling trend.  On its face, a law that keeps firearms "out of the hands of domestic abusers and violent people", is often erroneously quoted as the reason we need laws like these, and considered...

Apr 13, 2021 – While Operation Chokepoint may be a thing of the past, the eddies of it continue to swirl around anti-gun politics. Pseudo-financial institutes such as Pay Pal are notoriously hostile to anything related to firearms, even for things such as training or subscriptions to firearm related educational content, which don't technically...

Apr 13, 2021 – The Garden State is synonymous with many things; pork roll, the Jersey Shore, fist pumping, and good diners (to name a few). One of the things New Jersey is not known for, however, is being a bastion of freedom and civil liberties. New Jersey is so out of touch with...

Apr 13, 2021 – There are just some situations that need to be brought to light. While looking through the details of a recent sentencing of a South Carolina man, we can all rest assured that this is going to be the situation that sets the convicted straight.  Maybe? From Columbia, SC, it was...

Apr 12, 2021 – Last week Tom Knighton covered quite extensively the subject of Biden's announcement on executive action on guns in: Biden Lies About Background Checks & More During Anti-Gun Presser. The subject of these actions is so hot that many will be talking about them for weeks and months to come. Something...

Apr 12, 2021 – Chuck Schumer is not known to be a big supporter of the individual god given right to keep and bear arms.  In fact, Schumer kinda has a history of being a big time anti-freedom proponent.  This is where the wonderful law of unintended consequences comes into play.  From a USA Today...

Apr 11, 2021 – California just keeps popping up in the Bearing Arms feed as of late. Two prior pieces recently discussed the political makeup and continual restriction of rights in the Golden State:  Too Much Freedom: California City Moves To Restrict Carry Permits and San Diego City Council Discriminating Against Gun Shops? All...

Apr 11, 2021 – Preemption laws all over the country not only make sense but protect the law abiding and responsible gun owner.  For example, in a state with firearm preemption laws, no local jurisdiction may write a law that is contrary to that of the particular state's law.  In a weird alternative universe,...

Apr 30, 2021 – The past couple of months there have been more and more reports of violence against Asian Americans. Pockets of attacks are happening all over the country, most notably a series of shootings in Georgia targeting Asian Americans. On April 29, 2021, it was reported an attack took place where an...

Apr 29, 2021 – Since Monday the 26th, the news cycle has been dominated by the announcement that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Second Amendment related case. When I say dominated, I'm not misspeaking. Just tooling through one of the news aggregate sites I frequent, I found about four articles screaming...

Apr 28, 2021 – Fundamental rights are constantly being weighed and measured. Cases have explored whether or not students have their own First Amendment rights, as minors, while enrolled in public schools. The Left has proposed HR 1, a real whopper of a bill passed by the House aims to let 16  year olds...

Apr 28, 2021 – I was on a live stream with fellow Bearing Arms contributor John Petrolino, who is from New Jersey, and commented how sad it is to … John didn't disagree.…

Apr 28, 2021 – Back in March House Bill 398 was filed in North Carolina. The bill would repeal the requirement that someone must first obtain a permit prior to purchasing a handgun, a system put in place in North Carolina in the bad old days of the Jim Crow era to ensure that...

Apr 28, 2021 – In December 2018 a law came into effect that stripped New Jersey citizens not only of their Second Amendment right but also violated property rights without compensation. Governor Phil "The Bill of Rights is Above my Paygrade" Murphy probably was as giddy as can be when he signed into law...

Apr 27, 2021 – Anything related to "The Border" comes with baggage. This is a hot topic. After the country segued from four years of policy that was constantly under fire, to the situation we have now, just mentioning this topic is bound to get a stir, and that's the case with a bill...

Apr 26, 2021 – "Gun Safety Laws". "Common Sense Legislation". All talking points to trip the trigger in our population, igniting an emotional response. A few states are what I'd consider the "bad actors" in regards to the Second Amendment. Maybe they do get disproportionate coverage, but hey, we gotta let our brethren in...

Apr 26, 2021 – So-called "ghost guns" have been getting a lot of attention lately. Between pushes from the administration admonishing hobbyists from building their own firearms to a leaked AFT document discussing the serialization of blocks of metal, "ghost guns" and homemade firearms are the new bogeymen of the gun control world. In...

Apr 25, 2021 – A bill introduced in South Carolina is both common sense and closes a seriously dangerous loop in their law. H 3432 will give much needed protections to those that do opt to carry a firearm for self-defense. From the summary of the bill we have the following: Immunity from prosecution and...

Apr 24, 2021 – The gun grabbing circus lead by Nanny Bloomberg's Moms Demand Action, Everytown, Giffords, Brady United (Handgun Control Inc.), etc. would just love to see every protection for responsible gun owners abolished. Coming from none other than Senator Bob Menendez, from the freedom crushing land of New Jersey, is S. 974:...

Apr 24, 2021 – Anti-gun Democrats aren't just trying to pack the Supreme Court. They're also trying to pack Congress as well. The House approved a D.C. statehood bill on Thursday that would guarantee them two more reliably Democrat senate seats, as well as one more anti-gun member of Congress. The land that DC is...

Apr 22, 2021 – There are an estimated 20,000 "gun control" laws on the books in the United States, or that was the alleged case at one time, with detractors saying there are about 300 "gun control" laws on the books. The actual number of freedom limiting laws that we have shouldn't serve as...

Apr 22, 2021 – The subject of security at the Capitol building is hot. After the actions of several individuals unlawfully entering the building earlier this year (aka "THE INSURRECTION"), the decry for more and better security measures has occurred. A lot of this comes with a steaming cup of hypocrisy, such as Pelosi's...

Apr 22, 2021 – More than three years after the Parkland shooting in 2018, parents and critics of the failures of the Broward County Public Schools are getting a small measure of relief after a grand jury indicted Robert Runcie, the superintendent of the school district. According to media reports, Runcie was arrested on...

Apr 21, 2021 – Like most articles, this one will just be a flash in the pan, however that is not to mean that it is going to be a squib.  Language matters. Words matter. Rhetoric matters. What also matters is the continual assault on anything "gun" related.  This may seem as if it's...